a place of great resort人们常去的热闹地方 a health resort疗养地 a pleasure resort游乐胜地 a summer resort避暑地 a tourist resort旅游胜地 3)n. the act of turning to something for aid or relief; recourse He described the situation as not critical and said military force would be used only as a last resort. 反复实践是取得真知的方法。 Repeated practice is the resort of gaining genuine knowledge. 6. apply: 1)vt. usually followed by for request or seek assistance, employment, or admission We need to apply for planning permission to build a garage. She applied for a job with the local newspaper 我向美国四所大学申请攻读硕士学位,都被同意录取。 (E I applied to four American univers ities for postgraduate study as a Master candidate, and was accepted by all of them 2) vi.usually followed by to be pertinent or relevant The 20% discount only applies to club members 勤俭节约的原则适用于一切事业。 ( The principle of diligence and thrift applies to all undertakings. 3)vt put to or adapt for a special use New technology is being applied to almost every industrial process We should learn to apply book knowledge to social practice. NB: apply v.申请;应用→ application n.申请;应用→ applicable adj 适用的;可申请的→ applied adi.应用的 7. adoption: n adopt vt 1)take and use as one's own; begin to havea quality or appearance) Their purpose is to in fluence government to adopt policies favorable to them 这位历史老师决定采用讲故事的方法教学。 The history teacher decided to adopt the approach of story-telling in his teaching 2 take into one's family through legal means and raise as ones own child Teenagers who discover they were adopted often search for their biological parents when they are old enough NB:adop, adapt和 adept这三个词形似,易混淆 adopt为动词,意为“采用、采纳、领养”; adapt为动词,意为“调节、使适应”,常用于词组 adapt…to5 a place of great resort 人们常去的热闹地方 a health resort 疗养地 a pleasure resort 游乐胜地 a summer resort 避暑地 a tourist resort 旅游胜地 3) n. the act of turning to something for aid or relief; recourse * He described the situation as not critical and said military force would be used only as a last resort. 反复实践是取得真知的方法。 (= Repeated practice is the resort of gaining genuine knowledge.) 6. apply: 1) vt. (usually followed by for) request or seek assistance, employment, or admission * We need to apply for planning permission to build a garage. * She applied for a job with the local newspaper. 我向美国四所大学申请攻读硕士学位，都被同意录取。 (= I applied to four American universities for postgraduate study as a Master candidate, and was accepted by all of them.) 2) vi. (usually followed by to) be pertinent or relevant * The 20% discount only applies to club members. 勤俭节约的原则适用于一切事业。 (= The principle of diligence and thrift applies to all undertakings.) 3) vt. put to or adapt for a special use * New technology is being applied to almost every industrial process. * We should learn to apply book knowledge to social practice. NB: apply v. 申请；应用 → application n. 申请；应用 → applicable adj. 适用的；可申请的 → applied adj. 应用的 7. adoption: n. adopt: vt. 1) take and use as one’s own; begin to have (a quality or appearance) * Their purpose is to influence government to adopt policies favorable to them. 这位历史老师决定采用讲故事的方法教学。 (= The history teacher decided to adopt the approach of story-telling in his teaching.) 2) take into one’s family through legal means and raise as one’s own child * Teenagers who discover they were adopted often search for their biological parents when they are old enough. NB: adopt, adapt 和 adept 这三个词形似，易混淆。 adopt 为动词，意为“采用、采纳、领养”； adapt 为动词，意为“调节、使适应”，常用于词组 adapt … to；